CONNECTIONS EDUCATION CENTER OF THE PALM BEACHES

CONNECTIONS EDUCATION CENTER OF THE PALM BEACHES is one of the rural-scale elementary-level communitys in WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, operated by PALM BEACH, with 92 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 85% leaner than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

CONNECTIONS EDUCATION CENTER OF THE PALM BEACHES is one of 233 schools operated by PALM BEACH, a district that hosts 191,505 students overall.

Demographically, CONNECTIONS EDUCATION CENTER OF THE PALM BEACHES records that 40% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 33% Hispanic, 21% White, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

Looking at school resources, CONNECTIONS EDUCATION CENTER OF THE PALM BEACHES records 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting CONNECTIONS EDUCATION CENTER OF THE PALM BEACHES tighter than the state norm the norm. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the area at large, Palm Beach County reports that median household earnings sit near $83,581, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Palm Beach County runs 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students), of which CONNECTIONS EDUCATION CENTER OF THE PALM BEACHES is one.

Nearest neighbor: FLORIDA FUTURES ACADEMY, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a suburban site. CONNECTIONS EDUCATION CENTER OF THE PALM BEACHES is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CONNECTIONS EDUCATION CENTER OF THE PALM BEACHES has grew 77%, going from 52 students in 2018 to 92 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment expanded from 27% to 40% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 26.0:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 in 2025.

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